sXUVANUS  „  ^ 


*  SCHOOL 


Nss.  6  and  8  East  Fifty-third  Street, 

NEW  YORK. 

1885-86. 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gift  of  Seymour  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


Mrs.  Sylvanus  Reed's 

ENGLISH,  FRENCH,  AND  GERMAN 

BOARDING  AND  DAY  SCHOOL, 

FOR  YOUNG  LADIES, 

Nos.  6  and  8  East  53d  Street, 

BET.  MADISON  AND  FIFTH  AVENUE, 

(CENTRAL  PARK) 
NEW  YORK. 

FOUNDED  1864. 


NEW  YORK : 

American  Church  Press  Print,  76  East  Ninth  Street. 
1885-86. 


Mrs.  Caroline  G.  Reed, 

Principal  and  Founder  of  the  School. 

Miss  Winnifred  H.  Edgerton,  A.B.  (  Wellesley), 
In  charge  of  Mathematical  and  Scientific  Departments. 

Dr.  R.  H.  Labberton, 
History,  Historical  Literature,  Political  Economy. 

Miss  Ella  V.  Forbes  (  Vassar  Coll.)  Graduate  of  Mrs.  Reed's  School, 
Psychology,  Logic,  Latin. 

\Ym.  H.  Carpenter,  Ph.D.  (Leipzig),  Instructor  of  Philology, 
Columbia  Coll., 
Grammar,  Critical  English  Literature,  Philology. 

Prof.  John  K.  Rees,  A.M.,  E.M.,  Columbia  Coll.  Observatory, 
Lectures  in  Astronomy. 

Henry  C.  Bowen,  Ph.D.  (Heidelberg),  Col.  Coll.  School  of  Mines, 
Chemistry. 

George  William  Warren,  Mus.  Doc, 
Choral  Singing,  Solfeggio. 

Prof.  John  Fiske  (Harvard), 
Lectures   on   American  History. 

Prof.  A.  Porret, 
In  charge  of  French  Department. 

Prof.  Ottenger, 
In  Charge  of  German  Department. 

Prof.  William  H.  Goodyear  (Pupil  of  Friedericks,  Berlin), 
Fine  Arts. 

Miss  Eliza  S.  Watson, 
Supervision  of  Order  and  Routine  in  Collegiate  Department. 


The  Preparatory  Department  of  this  School  was  last  year 
reorganized  in  conformity  with  the  "New  Departure  in  Education," 
which  gives  to  the  youngest  child  the  advantage  of  the  highest 
quality  of  teachers.  The  results  of  such  instruction  and  of  the  sci- 
entific walks  in  the  Park  on  these  young  students  in  Botany,  Geology 
and  Zoology  during  the  past  year  under  the  care  of  thoroughly 
trained  and  enthusiastic  teachers  have  surpassed  the  most  sanguine 
hopes  of  the  Principal  of  this  School. 

This  Department  is  in  charge  of  Miss  Lucy  C.  Gayler,  as 
heretofore.  The  Classes  in  History  will  continue  to  be  taught  by 
Prof.  Labberton,  who  during  the  past  year  has  awakened  new 
faculties  in  his  young  pupils,  and  a  degree  of  interest  and  advance- 
ment unparelleled. 

The  French  Classes  remain  in  charge  of  Prof.  Porret  and 
Madame  Carpentier. 

The  grade  of  Mathematics  in  this  Department  will  be  materially 
raised.  Miss  Mary  M.  DeVeny,  B.S.,  and  Miss  Martha  G. 
Tyler,  A.B.,  of  Wellesley  College,  will  give  special  attention  to 
Mathematics  and  to  familiar  talks  upon  Natural  Sciences. 

The  Primary  Department  in  the  coming  year  will  have 
introduced  into  it  the  same  methods  in  English,  and  in  French, 
and  in  Natural  Science,  and  familiar  talks  and  observations,  and  by 
the  same  teachers  as  in  the  Preparatory  Class. 

Lectures  on  Household  Economy  by  Industrial  Education  As- 
sociation. 

In  every  Department  great  stress  will  be  laid  upon  a  correct 
and  pure  pronunciation  in  English. 


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Mrs.  Sylvanus  Reed's  School. 


In  1864,  when  my  first  prospectus  appeared,  my  School  was  a 
thing  of  faith.  I  knew  that  in  the  city  of  New  York  there  was  room 
for  a  girls'  school  of  the  rank  and  character  which  I  determined  to 
give  to  mine.  I  believed  it  possible  to  train  up  a  generation 
of  women,  who  would  find,  in  the  legitimate  sphere  which  civilized 
society  and  the  Christian  Church  have  assigned  them;  ample  scope 
for  the  exercise  of  their  noblest  faculties  and  their  highest  attain- 
ments. Those  who  knew  me  best  gave  proof  of  their  confidence  by 
sending  me  their  daughters,  and  at  the  end  of  the  second  year  my 
School  ranked  with  the  oldest  in  the  country. 

I  must  not  fail  to  attribute  much  of  my  great  success  to  the 
home  training  of  pupils.  They  are  drawn  chiefly  from  families  of 
the  highest  social  and  intellectual  culture,  and  the  grace  of  the 
school-room  has  been  the  reflection  of  many  a  domestic  altar  and 
genial  hearth.  And  yet,  commencing  at  a  time  when  the  whole 
fabric  of  society  was  shaken  by  a  great  political  convulsion,  when  the 
young  were  possessed  with  the  excited  and  exaggerated  spirit  of  the 
times,  I  had  much  to  contend  with. 

I  have  not  tried  to  perform  miracles  ;  but,  in  the  qutet,  health- 
ful, and  earnest  tone,  in  the  cheerful  devotion  of  duty,  and  in  the 
sweet  spirit  of  charity  which  pervades  my  School,  and  to  which 
teachers  and  scholars  can  bear  witness,  I  feel  that  I  have  accom- 
plished what  I  have  promised. 

I  am  confirmed  in  the  belief  that  education  and  religion  can- 
not be  divorced,  and  that,  as  each  passing  hour  meets  the  claims  of 
body,  mind,  and  soul,  the  being  grows  into  a  completeness  which  a 
one-sided  education  never  can  exhibit. 


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Gathered,  as  our  numbers  are,  from  various  climates  and  differ- 
ent homes,  and  at  the  tenderest  and  most  delicate  age,  we  have 
cause  for  the  deepest  gratitude  to  the  Lord  and  Giver  of  Life,  that 
he  hath  preserved  us  all  from  "  the  pestilence  that  walketh  in  dark- 
ness, and  from  the  sickness  that  destroyeth  in  the  noon-day."  "A 
thousand  have  fallen  beside  us,  but  death  hath  not  come  nigh  us." 

The  course  of  education  is  designed  to  give  a  breadth  of  culture 
beyond  the  usual  routine  of  schools.  Young  ladies  who  have  gradu- 
ated at  some  of  the  best  high  schools,  academies  and  colleges  in  the 
country  may  occupy  themselves  very  profitably  for  several  years  in 
work  which  this  school  provides,  to  further  a  liberal  and  truly 
finished  education. 

Parents  should  be  most  careful  in  the  selection  of  a  school  for 
their  daughters,  but  when  the  selection  is  made  there  should  be  per- 
fect loyalty  to  the  school  and  its  interests.  If  a  pupil  is  allowed  to 
enter  weeks  after  classes  have  commenced,  and  to  be  irregular  in 
her  attendance,  the  school  is  not  responsible  for  the  superficial  and 
fragmentary  character  of  that  pupil's  education.  If  the  pupil  is  al- 
lowed to  devote  more  time  and  money  to  dress  than  to  education, 
the  teacher  is  not  accountable  if  her  body  is  better  clothed  than  her 
mind.  By  asserting  school  claims  and  engagements  as  paramount  to 
all  others,  the  standard  of  scholarship  is  raised  and  the  school  is  saved 
from  a  class  of  floating  pupils  who  are  only  a  hindrance  to  those 
who  seek  to  do  their  duty. 

Long  experience  should  make  one  wiser  and  more  efficient  in  a 
work  to  which  the  best  energies  have  been  devoted,  and  I  trust  that 
the  plans  for  coming  years  may  meet  with  continued  favor. 

Caroline  G.  Reed. 


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Course  of  Study. 

This  School  is  divided  into  Primary,  Preparatory  and 
Collegiate  Departments. 

The  Primary  Class  consists  of  two  divisions.  The  average  age 
is  from  eight  to  twelve  years. 

The  Preparatory  Class  consists  of  two  divisions.  The  average 
age  of  the  pupils  in  this  department  is  from  twelve  to  sixteen  years. 

The  course  of  study  in  the  Collegiate  Department  occupies  a 
period  of  four  years.  This  course  has  been  elaborated  with  great 
care,  after  long  experience,  and  patient  consideration  of  the  subject. 
While  less  full  in  some  departments  than  the  course  set  forth  by  col- 
leges and  universities  for  men,  in  many  respects  it  is  far  more  com- 
prehensive and  extensive — and  in  the  opinion  of  the  founder  of  this 
school  a  better  preparation  for  the  future  lives  of  women. 

PRIMARY  CLASS. 

French,  Elementary  Speller,  Writing,  First  Reader,  Roman 
Numbers,  Tables,  the  Four  Fundamental  Rules  of  Arithmetic,  Pri- 
mary Geography,  Poetry,  Bible  Recitations,  Singing,  Sewing. 

PREPARATORY  CLASS. 

First  Division. — French,  Poetry  and  History,  Appleton's 
Standard  Geography,  Spelling,  Dictation,  Oral  and  Written 
Exercises  in  formation  of  sentences,  Arithmetic  as  far  as  Interest, 
Fifth  Reader,  Elocution,  Hooker's  Natural  History. 

Second  Division. — French,  English  Grammar,  Composition, 
Arithmetic  finished,  with  metric  system,  Reading,  Elocution,  Ancient 
Geography,  American  History,  Mythology,  Latin. 


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COLLEGIATE  DEPARTMENT. 

FIRST  YEAR. 

French  Language  German  Language 

Latin  '*    Greek 

Algebra  i  

Zoology.  Botany. 

Old  Testament  History  once  a  week  

Ancient  History  

Bain's  Higher  English  Grammar  

English  Literature 

SECOND  YEAR. 

French  Language  and  Literature  German  Language 

Latin         "   Greek  M 

Plane,  Solid  and  Spherical  Geometry  Physiology. 

Natural  Philosophy.  Chemistry. 

New  Testament  History  once  a  week  

Ancient  History.  French  History. 

Rhetoric.  English  Literature. 

THIRD  YEAR. 

French  Language  German  Language  

Latin         "   Greek  "   

Conic  Sections.  Trigonometry. 

Geology.  Moral  Philosophy. 

Mediaeval  History.  Astronomy. 

General  Literature.  Anglo-Saxon. 

Portions  of  the  Essays  of  Bacon,  Paradise  Lost,  Faerie  Queen  

FOURTH  YEAR. 

French  Language  German  Language  

Latin         "   Greek  11   

Differential  and  Integral  Calculus. 

Psychology  (Bain,  Hamilton,  Hikock).  Logic. 

History  and  Constitution  of  U.  S.  Political  Economy. 

Composition  and  Rhetoric,  with  Essays.  Philology. 

Modern  History.  General  Literature. 

Fine  Arts  (Lectures). 

N.B. — Etymology,  Elocution,  Writing,  Composition,  Singing  (solfege)  are 
exercises  common  to  all  Classes. 

The  Courses  in  Letting  in  German,1  and  in  Mathematics ,3  after  Ele- 
mentary Algebra  are  considered  as  equivalents,  and  but  one  of  them  is  required. 

One  modern  language,  and  "  English  Language  and  Literature  "  obligatory. 
All  others  elective  after  second  year. 


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Department  of  History  and  Literature.     In  Charge  of 
Dr.  Robert  H.  Labberton. 

The  study  of  History  and  Literature  is  pursued  by  four  elasses 
in  regular  gradation. 

In  the  First,  Second  and  Third  class,  corresponding  to  Fresh- 
man, Sophomore  and  Junior,  text-books  are  used.  No  text-books 
are  used  in  the  Fourth  or  Senior  class.  The  text-book  should  be 
looked  upon  as  an  assistance  rather  than  as  a  sole  reliance.  The 
student  ought  not  to  be  encouraged  to  rely  on  any  one  book  as  an 
unquestionable  authority.  The  habit  of  consulting  different  authors 
on  every  question  of  importance  should  be  early  acquired  and  con- 
stantly stimulated. 

For  the  accomplishment  of  this  end  the  instruction  in  History 
will  consist  of  a  judicious  combination  of  the  text-book  the  lecture, 
and  the  method  of  personal  research.  To  make  the  lecture  efficacious 
it  requires  constant  questioning,  thorough  examination  and  occasional 
inspection  of  note-books. 

Every  student  should  have  a  well-bound  blank-book  to  mark  the 
titles,  with  critical  remarks,  of  the  books  mentioned  during  the  whole 
course,  that  she  may  have  for  future  study  and  reference  a  criti- 
cal manual  of  historical  literature. 

HISTORY. 

THE  FIRST  CLASS.      ORIENTAL  CIVILIZATION. 
1st  Quarter.     The  Stone  Age  ;  Ancient  India  ;  Chaldean  As- 
cendency. 

2d  Quarter.  The  Egyptian  Ascendency  ;  Palestine  ;  Begin- 
nings of  Israel  ;  Phoenicia. 

3d  Quarter.  The  Assyrian  Ascendency  ;  The  Prophets  of  Is- 
rael ;  Decline  of  Egypt. 

4th  Quarter.  The  World  after  the  Fall  of  Assyria  ;  the  Four 
Great  Powers,  Babylon,  Media,  Lydia,  Egypt  ;  the  Persian 
Ascendency. 


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THE  SECOND  CLASS.     HELLENIC  CIVILIZATION. 

1st  Quarter.  Hellenic  History  until  the  Partition  of  the  Em- 
pire of  Alexander. 

2d  Quarter.  Early  Roman  History  until  the  Pyrrhic  Invasion 
of  Italy. 

3d  Quarter.  The  Roman  conquest  of  the  Basin  of  the  Mediter- 
ranean and  the  Empire. 

4th  Quarter.  The  Great  Migrations  and  the  Settlement  of  the 
Barbarians  ;  Rise,  Struggles  and  Fall  of  the  Anglo-Saxons  ; 
The  Danish  Conquest  of  Anglia. 

THE  THIRD  CLASS.     CHRISTIAN  CIVILIZATION. 

1st  Quarter.  The  Triumph  of  Christianity  and  the  Rise  of 
Islam. 

2d  Quarter.    The  Papal  Supremacy  and  the  Crusades. 

3d  Quarter.    English  History  from  the  Conquest  to  the  Fall  of 

the  Plantagenets. 
4th  Quarter.    Renaissance  and  Reformation. 

THE  FOURTH  CLASS.     MODERN  HISTORY. 

1st  Quarter.    The  Habsburg  Ascendency. 
2d  Quarter.    The  French  Ascendency. 
3d  Quarter.    The  English  Ascendency. 
4th  Quarter:    The  19th  Century. 

In  this  class  the  text-book  is  simply  used  as  a  guide.  Special 
topics  will  be  assigned  to  each  individual  student  with  references  for 
private  reading.  Each  student  gives  to  the  whole  class  an  oral  re- 
port of  the  result  of  her  work. 

LITERATURE. 

THE  FIRST  CLASS.     ENGLISH    LITERATURE  SINCE  THE  FORMATION 
OF  THE  LANGUAGE. 
1st  Quarter.    The  Dramatic  Period. 
2d  Quarter.    The  Puritan  Period. 
3d  Quarter.    The  Prose  Period. 
4th  Quarter.    The  Romantic  Period. 


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THE  SECOND  CLASS.     CLASSIC  LITERATURE. 

1st  Quarter.  Greek  Literature  until  Herodotus. 

2d  Quarter.  Greek  Literature  since  Herodotus. 

3d  Quarter.  Class  Latin  Literature. 

4th  Quarter.  Christian  Latin  Literature. 

THE  THIRD  CLASS.     GENERAL  LITERATURE. 

1st  Quarter.  Golden  Age  of  Arabic  Literature. 

2d  Quarter.  Troubadours  and  Trouv^res. 

3d  Quarter.  Rise  of  Italian  Literature. 

4th  Quarter.  Golden  Age  of  Italian  Literature. 

THE  FOURTH  CLASS.      GENERAL  LITERATURE. 

1st  Quarter.  Golden  Age  of  Spanish  Literature. 

2d  Quarter.  Golden  Age  of  French  Literature. 

3d  Quarter.  Golden  Age  of  German  Literature. 

4th  Quarter.  The  Literature  of  the  19th  Century. 

ENGLISH  LANGUAGE. 
By  Wm.  H.  Carpenter.  Ph.D.  (Leipzig),  Instructor  in  German 
and  Scandinavian  Languages,  Columbia  Coll. 

The  course  in  English  extends  through  the  four  years  of  instruc- 
tion. The  work  of  the  First  year  comprises  the  essential  elements  of 
English  Grammar.  It  will  be  the  aim  of  the  instructor,  by  familiar 
illustration  and  by  tracing  the  history  and  etymology  of  the  parts  of 
speech,  to  make  Grammar  not  only  intelligible,  but  interesting,  in- 
stead of  what  it  too  frequently  is,  one  of  the  least  understood  and 
most  unproductive  studies  of  the  curriculum. 

The  Second  year's  work  embraces  the  principles  of  rhetoric,  in- 
cluding the  properties  of  the  sentence,  the  structure  of  paragraphs  and 
the  figures  of  speech.  Although  a  text-book  is  used,  the  instruction 
will  go  outside  of  and  beyond  it  ;  as  it  is  intended,  before  all,  to  make 
the  knowledge  of  rhetorical  principles  not  merely  theoretical,  but 
practical  and  useful.  To  this  end  exercises,  embodying  the  princi- 
ples of  the  text,  will  be  written  from  time  to  time,  at  the  discretion 
of  the  instructor,  and  examples  will  be  sought  in  the  writings  of  the 
masters  of  English  poetry  and  prose. 


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The  Third  year  takes  up  the  history  of  English  literature.  In 
addition  to  the  purely  objective  study  of  English  literature  from  a 
historical  point  of  view,  critical  readings,  from  the  representative 
authors  of  different  periods,  will  be  had,  with  the  view  of  indicating 
to  the  student  not  only  where,  but  how  one  may  read  to  the  best  ad- 
vantage. 

A  critical  study  of  English  will  form  the  work  of  the  Fourth  year. 
It  will  comprise  the  history  and  elements  of  the  English  language  and 
embody  the  philological  principles  that  underlie  its  organic  exist- 
ence. The  practical  result  of  tracing  the  origin  and  derivation  of 
words  is  not  only  to  widely  increase  the  vocabulary,  but  to  give  that 
discrimination  and  exactness  in  the  use  of  terms  which  always  distin- 
guishes the  good  conversationist  from  the  bad.  In  addition  to  the 
studies  named  there  will  be,  throughout  the  year,  exercises  in  English 
composition,  where  the  principles  of  correct  expression  will  be 
emphasized  and  practically  illustrated.  These  exercises  will  be 
carefully  criticised  and  attention  will  be  called  both  to  their  excel- 
lencies and  to  their  defects. 

It  will  be  the  object  of  the  course  in  English  to  extend  a  knowl- 
edge of  the  capacities  and  resources  of  our  own  mother  tongue  as  a 
means  of  expression.  Because  it  lies  so  near  to  us,  it  is,  in  many  cases, 
apt  to  be  neglected;  whereas,  a  knowledge  of  English  ought,  in  every 
case,  to  be  one  of  the  main  issues  of  all  liberal  education. 


FRENCH  CLASSES. 
COLLEGIATE  DEPARTMENT. 
Prof.  A.  Porret. 
Premiere  Classe. 

1.  Larive  and  Fleury.    La  Troisieme  ann£e  de  Grammaire. 

2.  Roche.    Histoire  des  principaux  ecrivains  frangais. 

3.  Gasc,  The  Translator,  Eng.  into  French.  Selections  from 
the  best  English  prose  writers. 


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4.  Class  will  read  Andromaque  by  Racine. 

L'Avare  by  Moliere. 
Hermani  by  V.  Hugo. 

5.  Recitations  de  Morceaux  choisis. 

6.  Dictee  once  a  week. 

7.  Compositions. 

Deuxieme  Classe. 

1.  Portevin  Deuxieme  annee  de  grammaire. 

2.  Chardenal  Exercises  for  advanced  pupils. 

3!    Grangier  Histoire  de   la  litterature  francaise  depuis  ses 

origines  jusque  a  nos  jours. 
4.    Class  will  read  La  Bataille  de  Dames,  by  Scribe  and  Le- 

gouve. 

4.  Class  will  read  Le  Bourgeois  Gentilhomme  by  Moliere. 

5.  Recitations  de  Morceaux  choisis. 

6.  Dictee  once  a  week. 

Madame  Carpentier. 
Troisieme  Classe. 

1.  Larousse  Grammaire  6lementaire  lexicologique. 

2.  Mme.  de  Genlis,  Souvenirs  et  portraits. 

3.  Recitations  de  Morceaux  choises. 

4.  Two  dictations  a  week. 

Quatrieme  Classe. 
1.    Larousse  Grammaire  lexicologique  du  premier  age. 
2     Sauveur's  Causeries  avec  mes  eleves. 
3.    Choix  de  poesies  (by  heart)  and  two  dictations  a  week. 


Preparatory  Department.   Premiere  Class,   prof.  a.  porret. 
Seconde  Classe.    madame  carpentier. 
Troisieme  Class,    madame  carpentier 
Premiere  Evening  Class.    (Boarding  School.)    prof,  porret. 
Seconde  Evening  Class,    madame  carpentier. 


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Day  Scholars.  In  contemplating  the  history  of  this  School 
the  founder  must  bear  testimony  to  the  fidelity  with  which  the 
parents  of  the  day  scholars  conform  to  the  requirements  of  the  School. 
They  are  careful  about  the  books  read  by  their  daughters  at  home  ; 
they  do  not  allow  them  to  go  to  matinees  nor  to  the  public  parks  un- 
attended ;  and  they  so  shape  their  domestic  arrangements  that  pupils 
are  usually  all  in  their  places  for  Morning  Prayer.  The  first  ten 
minutes  forms  the  key-note  of  the  day,  and  many  fathers  and  mothers 
have  taken  pains  to  bear  testimony  to  the  influence  of  the  brief 
counsels  then  given  upon  the  lives  and  characters  of  the  daughters. 

Resident  Pupils.  Mrs.  Reed  assumes  the  guardianship  of 
her  resident  pupils,  and  she  will  not  share  the  responsibility  with  any 
person  who  is  not  accountable  to  herself.  While  she  makes  their 
home  with  her  attractive  and  comfortable,  she  is  sure  that  they  are 
surrounded  by  those  wholesome  restraints  which  are  necessary  to 
their  safety  and  happiness.  As  the  indulgence  of  friends  is  often 
the  source  of  anxiety  to  herself  and  mischief  to  her  pupils,  Mrs. 
Reed  does  not  allow  her  pupils  to  make  visits  in  New  York  or  the 
vicinity;  except  at  her  discretion,  nor  can  they  receive  visitors \  except 
those  introduced  by  parents  or  guardians,  and  then  only  at  her 
option. 

Pupils  must  not  be  interrupted  during  class  hours,  nor  will  they 
be  allowed  to  make  visits  with  friends  at  the  hotels  of  the  city. 

Resident  pupils  never  go  into  the  streets  of  the  city  unattended 
by  a  governess  or  other  responsible  person.  Parents  are  requested 
to  respect  this  rule,  which  is  necessary  in  order  to  prevent  number- 
less complications. 

Government.  In  the  first  circular  issued  by  this  School  it  was 
asserted  that  its  discipline  would  be  based  upon  those  principles  of 
Christian  courtesy  which  are  the  foundation  of  all  true  order,  po- 
liteness and  refinement.  The  history  of  the  School  will  prove  that 
too  much  was  not  assumed  in  the  beginning  ;  that  to  prevent  the 
growth  of  evil  we  must  pre-occupy  the  ground  with  good,  and  that  % 
the  discipline  which  seeks  to  liberate  the  fine  gold  from  the  dross  in 
character,  must  be  submitted  to  the  fervor  of  unfailing  love. 


/-/        Mrs.  Sylvanus  Rced^s  School. 


Situation.  This  School  occupies  buildings  erected  for  the 
purpose.  There  are  the  usual  drawing-rooms  and  library  ;  also  a 
spacious  hall  for  chapel  services,  lectures,  musical  and  general 
exercises.  The  class-rooms  are  large,  well-ventilated,  and  well 
warmed;  and  sleeping  rooms  are  light  and  arranged  for  single  occu- 
pants, when  desired. 

The  system  of  ventilation  and  of  heating  the  buildings  of  this 
school  is  unsurpassed.  In  addition  to  the  usual  methods  of  furnace, 
and  heaters,  ten  open  fires,  wood  or  coal,  are  kept  up  during  the 
winter. 

An  intelligent  obedience  to  the  laws  of  hygiene  with  that 
"  eternal  vigilance  which  is  the  price  of  safety"  must  have  brought 
about  such  a  condition  of  things  that  after  the  phenomenal  inclem- 
ency of  the  past  winter,  not  one  pupil  of  the  Primary  Department, 
nor  of  the  Preparatory  Department  should,  from  any  cause,  have 
been  obliged  to  withdraw  from  school  at  this  date  April  1st. 

Of  the  Boarding  School  during  twenty  years,  it  is  a  fact  worthy 
of  note  that  there  has  never  occurred  in  the  school  the  death  of  a 
resident  pupil,  nor  has  there  ever  been  a  case  of  fever  nor  diphtheria, 
nor  any  disease  which  has  caused  alarm  as  to  its  nature. 

This  is  mentioned  with  gratitude  to  our  Heavenly  Father,  whose 
care  and  guardianship  is  ever  supplicated  for  those  committed  to  our 
charge. 

The  cuisine  is  under  the  charge  of  a  maitre  a"  hotel  of  reputation, 
and  the  health  and  comfort  of  pupils  are  ensured  so  far  as  possible 
by  generous  and  well-ordered  domestic  arrangements. 

Parents  are  requested  to  provide  quiet  and  simple  dress  for  their 
daughters.    Pupils  are  not  to  wear  jewelry  at  School. 

Gouge's  patent  ventilator  is  in  the  building. 


Mrs.  Sylvamis  Reed^s  School.  13 


N.  B.  SPECIAL  COURSE. 

For  ladies  who  wish  a  course  of  languages,  Literature,  History, 
Science  or  Art,  or  for  young  girls  who  study  at  home  but  wish  ad- 
vantages of  Professors  in  special  studies,  the  terms  are  as  follows: 
Four  hours  a  week,  -  -  -  -  $100  oo  per  year. 
Two  "  -  -  -  -  50  00  " 
One     "         "   25  00  " 

Music,  vocal  and  instrumental,  is  carefully  taught  by  the  best 
masters  in  the  city.  Pupils,  when  parents  request  it,  are  taken  to 
the  Rehearsals  and  Concerts  of  the  New  York  Philharmonic  Society, 
Symphony  Concerts,  and  to  hear  eminent  European  artists  who 
visit  New  York. 

Pianoforte. — Madam  Madeline  Schiller,  Miss  McCormack. 
Geo.  Wm.  Warren,  Mus.  Doc,  Albert  H.  Parsons,  and  S.  B.  Mills 
have  taught  pupils  of  this  school  during  the  past  year. 

Singing. — Mrs.  Emma  Dexter,  Mad.  de  Lande,  and  Prof. 
Errani  have  taught  pupils  of  this  school  the  past  year. 

Lectures  upon  the  History  of  Music  have  been  given  by  Mr. 
Gustav  Kobbe. 

Library. — Several  thousand  volumes  have  lately  been  added 
to  the  library.  Also  a  large  collection  of  maps,  charts  and  historical 
photographs  and  engravings. 

Great  care  has  always  been  taken  to  cultivate  correct  taste  in 
every  Department  of  Fine  Arts.  The  facilities  which  New  York 
affords  to  promote  advancement  in  this  branch  of  education  have  ever 
been  at  the  disposal  of  this  School. 

Drawing  and  Painting  under  the  charge  of  competent  teachers. 

Classes  for  Dancing  are  taken  to  Dodworth's  Dancing  Academy. 

The  Riding  Class  attends  Dickel's  Riding  School. 

Mrs.  Reed  allows  no  expense  incurred  by  pupils  or  for  them 
which  is  not  authorized  and  endorsed  by  parents  and  guardians. 


1 6         Mrs.  Sylvanus  Reeci\  School. 


Terms. — Board  and  Tuition  in  English,  French,   Latin  and 
German,  per  annum.  -  $900  00 

Seats  in  Church,  use  of  piano  and  laundry,  at  cost. 
Young  ladies  will  furnish  their  own  bed-linen  and  table-napkins. 
N.  B. — A  deposit  is  required  to  meet  incidental  expenses  which 
are  sanctioned  by  parents,  for  which  full  account  will  be  rendered. 
Day  Scholars.  Tuition  in  English,  French,  Latin  and  German. 


Collegiate  Department,  Third  and  Fourth  year,  -       -    $300  00 

First  and  Second  year,  -       -          250  00 

Preparatory  Class,  per  annum,      -  225  00 

Primary  Class,  First  division,       -  200  00 

"    Second  division,       -  150  00 

Infant  Class  in  advance,   100  00 

Fuel  -       -       -       -  $6, 


Bills  for  Board  and  Tuition  are  to  be  paid  in  all  cases  on  i he 
entrance  of  the  pupil  and  on  February  1st. 

New  pupils  will  be  received  at  any  period,  and  will  be  charged 
from  the  date  at  which  they  have  engaged  to  enter,  to  the  end  of  the 
year. 

N.  B. — No  deduction  will  be  made  in  board  or  tuition  for  the  first 
month,  nor  for  absence.  If  the  pupil  is  withdrawn  before  the  close  of 
the  School  year,  full payment  Jor  the  year  will  be  required. 

The  terms  for  instruction  in  Music,  Italian,  Spanish,  Drawing, 
and  Painting,  Dancing,  Riding,  and  other  accomplishments,  are 
regulated  by  the  teachers  employed. 

Day  scholars  may  be  provided  with  hot  luncheon. 

Mrs.  Reed  will  be  at  home  after  the  15th  of  September. 
Address  all  communications,  letters,  etc.,  to  Mrs.  Reed,  6  East  53d 
Street,  New  York  City.  Applications  at  the  School  during  the 
summer  attended  to  by  a  competent  representative. 

CALENDAR. 

The  School  year  begins  October  1st,  and  ends  June  4th. 

Vacations. — Two  weeks  at  Christmas,  One  week  at  Easter, 
Thanksgiving  Day,  Ash- Wednesday,  Washington's  Birthday  and 
Decoration  Day. 


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